Chapter 18 + 19 review

Who were The Dixiecrats ?

- the Dixiecrats were Southern Democrats who were so upset at the direction of the National Democratic party that they walked out of the National Convention and formed their own party - Dixiecrats nominated Strom Thurmond as their presidential candidate in the 1948 presidential election,

What was The Fair Deal?.

An economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment. It led only to the Housing Act of 1949 and the Social Security Act of 1950 due to opposition in congress.

Name four Warsaw Pact countries that border NATO countries.

East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Albania.

. _____ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

HUAC

Describe the early days of rock 'n' roll

In the early days, the audience was mainly white and the musicians were mainly African American

What is Planned obsolescence?

a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to wear out or become outdated so they will buy new products.

Who was Dr. Jonas Salk?

an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of a killed-virus polio vaccine.

what was the baby boom began in the late 1940s?

an unprecedented population explosion in the US

The expression of nonconformity by _____ developed into the beat movement.

beatnicks

The Soviet Union set up the _____ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

berlin blockade

Most _____ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.

black n i g g a s

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, _____ became an American way of life.

consumerism

The main goal of the _____ was to stop the spread of communism

containment, truman doctrine

President Truman threatened to _____ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.

draft

The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the _____.

eisenhower doctrine

What was the Snyder Act ?

granted citezenship to native americans

What was the beat movement ?

hippies, nonconformity, liberal

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop _____.

hydrogen bomb

What is a conglomerate?

is a firm that has at least four businesses,each making unrelated products,none of which is responsible for a majority of its sales

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in _____.

korea

One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was _____.

low interest loans

_____ was the leader of the Communists in China.

mao zedong

What were The braceros

mexicans who came to the is to work on farms

The _____ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

south koreans